Last night I overheard Frodo mentioning that Jan is going to maintain her water cache, and I offered my help in carrying those water bottles to the cache. I figured I might as well do something useful while I’m here, since I only start my actual hike tomorrow morning.

Well, I’m actually writing this bit from somewhere above the Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland. But I guess it will be posted once I get to San Diego…

Having no logistical base in the US, I will not be relying on food packages during most of my hike. Since several resupply locations along the trail do not have any actual resupply options in them (No store, basically), I will send myself some packages from other towns, 2-3 weeks before arriving at those locations. But first, I want to try and arrange my bump box for my hike.

Yesterday I got my Fast Find 220 device, rented from Small-World. It seems like a small-enough device, and I hope I will never need it.

I’ve been contemplating this whole trail name thing for a while now, trying to decide between keeping my old name from the AT (Amtrak), or figuring out a new/better name for myself for this round.